Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-02-03


some ossrsatieas On the Beauties aHa RsaIisms
Of ths tistiysbafs Spectacular Panorama.
st. Paul Dispatch: Although hundredEpf
citizens OF St Puai erd, ssfans NYisf fSS
Efeat Gettysburg pahbr Spa ~ thssrors 10
u Sixth and 81. Peter ssfeets evefF lddx
izere are thousands m6ss WAC bave~aBt
yet realized the splendid attractions OF
this matrhless spectacular exhibition.
They pass IL by as an unexeiting sort Of
show good. but not sxhiiaratine On the
contrary there is no theater i'd all the
sgaegyFh 70 szYHiss } T$g%y 5Oldss
On the wonderful canvas Of the Gettys.
burg picture Is portrayed one OF the realities
IotihssarS WHIT Ire sham gtlets and
mock tears compared to the reality OF that
fierce onslaught which fixed the nations
destiny, Turned Ifhe 6abbIing brooks to
blood. and planted the crimson flower Of
ilssss s, ssssSfs SI; 81 aIs a9
foreottens hut the grieis that sprang to
lie from Gettysburg field shall never find
hssuagement WITHIN thousands OF stricken
hearts until the peace OF eternal years EN-.
folds them.
sIi The pisfste FfntsFehts fSS decisive ac-
'jtiors III JAy 81 1898 Il wis PAINTED by
!artists wig h4Snhghtt postsa themselves
as I q The location OF troops, the landscape,
and other details OF the fight as it aetuhls
" took place. By such ,sarg they sTTe enA
AbIed 10 sirndpre the ipsneusersiof thai
dreadful day sog that looking upon uhe-
work we can not realize that we are gaZilg
anly upon mechanical effects. TheysHsa lot
the, PicspEs Is 20, 00pg Fnfse feet, The
- snl ssfdfs 4bieadfng OF effecss III the iofe-
ground so tieceives the eye that one can
not separate the real from the unreal,
Entering the uniqn4 building in which
the painting is on exhibition, through ~
dark ,psssagex you erope your way, until
tho asosrit a IA unfsh ted tstafrAfay aishcrs
you suddenly into y new region. You have
left the streets OF st. Paul behind yduy
and penetrated one OF Pennsylvaniafs
leveliest valleys. About you lie woodsis
/. hills thGt belt with liPinggreen a stratsh pf
af$ds and neheows. i4Aaioh faa i&nsa zik
IS psrfeei IA yJur exc tSRei IL HE swarm.
ing blue-eoats and the upspriuging u4.
forms OF grey confronting them:
Taking yoHls standpoint at the exact
center OF the scene OF action, you soon lose.
thought OF al tine world but the exciting
sweep, ei events ahopt yoa The horses
asthaayi sesh td BenliSes their Wild fyes
fuifpf splendid courage and dauntlass de-
sire. Rosa Bonheur never painted a better
scene OF animal life in action. Every
nnsrssst pSds out IKE Mhfp-sSsas, Under
a sosse tdt tha sasath Of ieektFap Stand
point the never. to- be.f6rgotten charge Of
General Pickett and his desperate men Is
in progress--a charge which proved the
tide ,xsteT EInrk Oh the .reaBilibpf from
which IL slowly ebbed to its close. Yod
can almost hear the sharp whistle OF bull.
let's aud the uneeasing roar OF batteries, as
the carnage is at its height. From the
pale lips of wounded men you seem to
catch the pitiiuh cry OF their. agony; and
TIC hast sh1ddsf which oohxnlsed the
features OF the dead, seems yet to haunt
the air.
All about gorlook sheseS ouT.siB, brave;
boys are failing thick rs leaves in an su-i
tumn storm. Up from the meadows re-,
.Piereeps.9t 4 gray Soatf II,aqo strong,
loot. Each man is as thoroughly in ear
neat as men are sure to i,e, when some Ia.
tai moment unlooses the bulldog passions
in their souls, Their front Is lie be Seest
ofei5f nI4yEe& Take yoIT a ass j nd i6ek
cInssly AEs his Afaehiiicent selRtrse- thiier
the atrongest glass, the most distant hui
man figures mot larger than eockroaches
on the actual canvass stand out clear. dis
tinct, artistic and liie-siEed, thus vastly
enlargins the srope.oi yisiossl s-ffs sFS
Through. the very .th iekest OF The battlea
magnificent horse is flying, riderless. His
gallant master lies somewhere in the red
storm of death,--but he, with head erect
and strained blood shot eye, is seeking
safety, he knows not where. Away from
tire tangle- 81 ( W bite fscesi and paleg out
/ Stretched hands; away from the, scream of
bursting shelisa.a away trssIii the-War's tur.
Il . 81 ~. L.
ed horse, they tell us, found his way at
last to safety and an honored old age. The
event was an actual occurrence OF thatda
OF horror.
Perhaps the feature which appeals most
strongly TO the local beholders is the vivid
portrayal Of the historic charge OF the gsl-
Liant old First Ainnesota" regiment.
This regiment is trutlitully and era phicilI
ly portrayed rushing. heorieaily to the
flaming irunt under the leadership attiIe
brave Cox Calyill, who WAS .ydesperatcly
wounded in this battle. and YET shrSives,
mRimed and disfgured, at honofed Citi.
zen of Red Wing. The colonel and q large
number ui the men OF the old First" are
painted from photographs. and the like
nesses are readily recognized. The bat
tie flag OF the Twenty eighth Virginia regi-
ment, which led the charge of Pleks is
division, ardis seofrtctly paintSt ID its
ground. IL was captured by, Marshall
Sherman. OF St. Paul, a member of the
First Minnesota, and by him loaRed to the
! PANORAMA company. ~'ss.r7ls .5's''--,-
The canvas presents for US but one mo-
ment--an eternal moment,-ef the struggle
that waged so het ,eIy Tor three lung snms
mer days. Butt strikes that one moment.
50 sharpely. it holds il forth 50 grandlys
and immortaliEes it so completely that, to
see the picture is to the thoughtful soul o
fnll revelation OF direiul yet glorious
epoch of history. Never imagine for sim
sc mpmsntr that the. .Gstts sbsrg~ pAao-
rama will bore zoe, or that itfahks With
the ordinary panoramic visit 70 tame
lands and seripturaf places. This wosder-'
iul painting is, as unlike the average paaos
rama as spice differs from marble dust; or
champagne from tepii tea. 500 -